costumes

Few, if any, contemporary costume designers are household names. Some occasionally capture the zeitgeist and break through from big (or small) screen to mainstream fashion – think Catherine Martin and her recent “Gatsby” moment – but these are exceptions.

Halloween costumes for preschool girls that depict police officers and firefighters in sexualized skin-tight uniforms have a Victoria mom fuming at thrift store Value Village.

No time to prepare a Halloween costume? No problem, here are 9 ideas you can execute in an hour or less.

On Halloween, children will dress up as super heroes, monsters, princesses, pirates, and more; however, the first to don costumes to celebrate the Halloween were the Celtic peoples of Europe. The origins of modern Halloween can be traced back over 2000 years, according to National Geographic.